Revelation 5:3 - The Scriptures 2009

³ And no one in the heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in the realm of the dead, Hades] was able to open the scroll or to take a [single] look at its contents.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.

Common English Bible

³ But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And no one was able, neither in heaven, nor on earth, nor under the earth, to open the book, nor to gaze upon it.

Revelation 5:3 Cross References

Isaiah 41:28

“And I see that there is no man, and of these, there is no counsellor, who, when I ask of them, answers a word.

Romans 11:34

“For who has known the mind of יהוה? Or who has become His counsellor?”

Philippians 2:10

that at the Name of יהושע every knee should bow, of those in heaven, and of those on earth, and of those under the earth,

Revelation 5:13

And every creature which is in the heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying, “To Him sitting on the throne, and to the Lamb, be the blessing and the respect and the esteem and the might, forever and ever!”

Revelation 5:4

And I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it.